External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores Affecting kernel-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-504.30.3.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELDEBUG-2118482
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Mar 2015

Introduced: 24 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-2922  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-454  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 kernel-debug to version 0:2.6.32-504.30.3.el6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug package and not the kernel-debug package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

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